The Nomadland director manages to get some nice-looking shots and personal drama in her superhero debut, but there’s just too much mythology to explain
January 2020
2020 culture preview
War epics, airmen and young Sopranos: essential films for 2020
Daniel Craig bows out as Bond, the original Ghostbusters make a slimy return and Dickens gets a razor-sharp reboot – our preview of movie highlights this year
August 2019
Topless Poldark already looks quaint in our era of equal-opportunities nudity
Rebecca Nicholson
Game of Thrones star Kit Harington joins Marvel's The Eternals
June 2019
Punch-ups, overdoses and Riverdance: why Hollywood can’t resist an evil rock mogul
Rocketman and Bohemian Rhapsody positioned the manager as the villain – but were they really that bad?
May 2019
Richard Madden: ‘I don’t like the look of me in the mirror’
Bodyguard made him a star – but he hasn’t always been comfortable as the lead. He talks about bullies, his inner ‘fat lad’ and new Elton John biopic Rocketman
April 2019
Sorry, guys, you can’t be an actor and moan about body image
Suzanne Moore
Richard Madden: male actors are also pressured to lose weight for nude scenes
January 2019
Bodyguard named best new drama at National Television awards
BBC One drama’s star Richard Madden and EastEnders’ Danny Dyer also among the prize winners in London
December 2018
2019 in pop culture: from Adele’s 30 to ‘zapping’ your TV
2018 in TV
The 50 best TV shows of 2018: No 3 – Bodyguard
October 2018
Beyond Bodyguard: can the BBC's Informer finally subvert the Muslim stereotype on TV?
From oppressed wives to crazed jihadists, TV’s Islamophobia is rife. Nabhaan Rizwan stars in the new BBC thriller hoping to change the narrative
September 2018
'Barely credible – but who cares?': your Bodyguard reviews
The Guardian said the BBC drama’s finale was an “ultimately unsophisticated resolution” – now it’s over to you
